Sandia Reservation

The Sandia Reservation is a 22,877-acre Native American reservation in New Mexico, located just north of Albuquerque. It was established in the 1300s by the Pueblo, and, in 1539, the Spanish named the Pueblo "Sandia" (watermelon). In 1680, its residents fled to Hopi lands during the Pueblo Revolt, and it was not resettled until themid-1700s.